From Principle to Practice – The Application of Kirwan v Connors

From Principle to Practice - The Application of Kirwan v Connors The webinar explores how Kirwan v Connors [2025] IESC 21 has reshaped Irish delay jurisprudence, outlining the Supreme Court’s new time‑threshold framework and showing how it has been applied in eighteen Superior Court judgments across themes such as clear-cut Tier‑4 dismissals, marginal‑threshold decisions, refusals at the two‑year stage, analogical use beyond want‑of‑prosecution, and limits in public‑law cases. It also highlights the practical implications for defence teams and flags emerging issues—prejudice, acquiescence, EU‑law constraints, and procedural reform—that will drive the next phase of post‑Kirwan litigation.